Sam R. Hall: Yarber, Lumumba, Priester lead mayoral pack

11:19 PM,
Mar. 15, 2014

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Though the qualifying deadline is not until Wednesday, it appears that the top contenders to be the next mayor of Jackson have all announced.

Conventional wisdom says this will come down to a political battle between the political teams aligned with U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba. That may be the case, but that doesn't mean either side's preferred candidate will be the eventual winner. In fact, short of both of those candidates making the runoff, there's a real likelihood that neither of their preferred candidates wins.